A Special Kind of Courage

adapted from: Brian Tracy

There are several different aspects of courage. Perhaps the most important is the courage to endure, to persist, to "hang in there" in the face of doubt, uncertainty and criticism from others or your own self-doubts.

Practice Patience in Adversity
This is called "courageous patience," the willingness and the ability to "stay the course" in the face of uncertainty, doubt and often criticism from many quarters.

Stay the Course
In my experience, there is a critical time period between the launching of a new venture or facing a big challenge and the results that come from that opportunity. During this hiatus, this waiting period, many people lose their nerve. They cannot stand the suspense of not knowing, of possible failure. They break and run in battle, they quake and quit in business or in life.

The True Leader
But the true leader is the person who can stand firm, who refuses to consider the possibility of failure. The turning points of many key moments in human history have been the resolution, or lack thereof, of one person. Courageous patience is the acid test of leadership.

To encourage others, to instill confidence in them, to help them to perform at their best requires first of all that you lead by example.

You probably already know that the most successful people have incredible levels of self-confidence and courage. They've accomplished great levels of success and happiness in their lives and seem to be unstoppable in everything that they do.

The fact is, that when you develop unshakable self-confidence and courage your whole world will change for the better.

Treat Addiction Like Diabetes

Researchers Tell Docs to Treat Addiction Like Diabetes, Other Conditions

http://www.jointogether.org/news/features/2000/researchers-tell-docs-to-like.html


· There are effective intervention treatment program for addiction and diabetes
· Diabetes and addiction can be controlled if not cured
· Addiction and diabetes have a strong genetic component
· Personal responsibility plays a strong role in the developing of the disease and/or success in treatment
· Stress level and inactivity are behavior related risk factors
· 40 – 60 % of drug dependent individuals resume drug use within a year of treatment, more than 70% of diabetics fail to adhere to dietary or behavioral recommendations
· In addition to education and counseling medications have been developed in recent years that have been proven effective in treating addiction and diabetes
· Addiction and diabetes are chronic disorders that cause long term biological changes, successful treatment requires more than treating the acute condition, with detoxification and short-term counseling
· Relapse is not a sign of treatment failure, it signals a need to perhaps adapt medical monitoring and behavioral strategies

"No matter what your past has been, you have a spotless future."--Hugh B Brown, Conference April 1969

President David O. Mckay, Conference Report, October 1961, First Day—Morning Meeting, p.9
To the Church in all the world the message of the First Presidency, the Council of the Twelve, and the other General Authorities is: Be true and loyal to the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. "Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord." (Psalm 31:24.)

Gordon B. Hinckley, Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, p.582
Shape up. I say that to myself constantly. Shape up. Stand a little taller. Be a little better, a little stronger, a little more thoughtful, a little humbler, a little more prayerful, that you may be worthy of the guidance of the Lord and of His wonderful blessings. (Smithfield/Logan Utah Regional Conference, priesthood leadership session, April 20, 1996.)

And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall. Helaman 5:12

Elder Marion D. Hanks, A Loving, Communicating God, Ensign (CR), November 1992, p.63
“To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.”